The 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League (), formerly the Malaysia M4 League, also known as the Al-Ikhsan Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Malaysia A2 Amateur League, the third tier football league of the Malaysian football league system.
Format The tournament is played as follows: League level: 16 teams are divided into Zone 1 (4 teams), Zone 2 (6 teams) and Zone 3 (6 teams), each drawn from the north/east coast, central and south/Putrajaya regions. Round 1: Divided into three zones, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top two teams in each zone, including third team in Zones 2 & 3, will advance to the knockout stage. Knockout stage: The knockout stage is the match to determine the winner. Finalists will be promoted to the 2025–26 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season.
To Al-Ikhsan Cup Relegated from the MBSB Bank Championship Naga UKS
Promoted from the M5 League Guar Syed Alwi – Perlis Super League Winner. Pencinta Setia – PBDLMS League participate. Kampong Ku – KLFA M5 League Winner. NBK Empire – A-Ligue Champions League runner-up. Gombak City – MAHSA-KRONOS League Winner. SJ Virtuosos – Putrajaya League Winner. Real Mambau – A-Ligue Nismilan third place. Bunga Raya II – RAFA Southern Selangor League runners-up. Semantan Troopers – Pahang Amateur League runners-up.
Invited teams Kuala Muda SAMB
From Al-Ikhsan Cup Promoted to the A1 Semi-Pro League Bunga Raya Machan UiTM United Yayasan Pahang Maintenance
Relegated to the A3 Community League Kuantan City NS Cyberfox Real Chukai Republic of Borneo
Dissolved (Borneo Zone) Susun Tenaga Resources Mukah Youth Team Maqarize
Name changes Naga UKS decided to merge with AAK F.C. and changed its name to AAK Ultimate and relocated to Puncak Alam, Selangor. MAHSA City were renamed to MAHSA United Gombak City were renamed to Selayang City Bunga Raya FC II were renamed to Bunga Raya United
Notes:
The participation of teams from the Borneo Zone was temporarily suspended due to the insufficient number of teams for the competition to be played.
Venues and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity AAK Ultimate Puncak Alam Seksyen 4 Shah Alam Football Field, Shah Alam 800 BR United Seremban Arena IRC Sendayan, Bandar Sri Sendayan 700 Guar Syed Alwi Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium 20,000 JAKIM Putrajaya Azman Hashim Sports Arena UKM, Kajang 1,000 Kampong Ku Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz Mini Stadium 3,500 Kuala Muda Kuala Muda Sungai Petani Municipal Council Sports Complex 2,500 MAHSA United Jenjarom MAHSA University Mini Stadium 1,000 MP Port Dickson Port Dickson Padang Merdeka Port Dickson 1,500 NBK Empire Gombak MAHSA University Mini Stadium 1,000 Pencinta Setia Taiping, Perak Matang Football Field, Matang, Perak 900 Real Mambau Mambau UiTM Seremban 3 Football Field, Seremban 600 SAMB Melaka City Hang Tuah Stadium 3,000 Selayang City Gombak Taman Kanching Mini Stadium, Rawang 700 Semantan Troopers Temerloh Temerloh Mini Stadium 10,000 SJ Virtuosos Putrajaya Sime Darby Training Ground, Bukit Jelutong 1,000 WTS Pasir Mas Pasir Mas Mini Stadium 7,000
Team summary Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer AAK Ultimate Mohd Hasmawi Hassan Azmi Muslim AAK Sportswear BR United Syah Juan Mohd Nor S. Gawsigan Kimicom Guar Syed Alwi Firdaus Abdul Rahman Hafiz Abdul Karim Idan's Design JAKIM Mohd Nazim Bin Din Nor Saiful Abd Rahman Alpha Sport Kampong Ku Rajasparan a/l V. Naidu Azrul Razman UMU Apparel Kuala Muda Koet King Heyong Firdaus Abdul Rahman Lakoh Sport MAHSA United Yogeswaran a/l Veeramalai Izham Nor Alizan Kronos MP Port Dickson Adnan Md Din Zaidi Othman Alpha Sport NBK Empire Noor Ismadi Ismail Hazromie Zullkifli PUC Sport Pencinta Setia Muhammad Suhaimi Bin Idris Rahmat Rahim TSR apparel Real Mambau Al-Hasrizal Al-Mustafi Alif Yusof Forfit SAMB Rahim Abu Bakar Syafiq Samad ZeroFour Selayang City Reman Ragunathan Muhammad Imran Syahmi Let's Play Performance Semantan Troopers Ehsam bin Long C. Kumaresan Alpha Sport SJ Virtuosos Khairulbahar Taib Haziq Mohd Noh M1 Sports WTS Che Saupi Ibrahim Khairul Rizam Che Soh Ace Store Printing
Standings Zone 1 (north/east coast)
Fixtures and results
Matchweek 1
Matchweek 2
Matchweek 3
Matchweek 4
Matchweek 5
Matchweek 6
Zone 2 (central)
Fixtures and results
Fixtures and results Matchweek 1
Matchweek 2
Matchweek 3
Matchweek 4
Matchweek 5
Matchweek 6
Matchweek 7
Matchweek 8
Matchweek 9
Matchweek 10
Zone 3 (south/Putrajaya)
Fixtures and results
Fixtures and results Matchweek 1
Matchweek 2
Matchweek 3
Matchweek 4
Matchweek 5
Matchweek 6
Matchweek 7
Matchweek 8
Matchweek 9
Matchweek 10
Knockout round Bracket
Quarter-finals
"Kelantan WTS won 7–1 on aggregate."
"MP Port Dickson won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Semantan Troopers won 2–0 on aggregate."
"Guar Syed Alwi won on penalty shoot-out 5–3."
Semi-finals
"Kelantan WTS won 10–0 on aggregate."
"Guar Syed Alwi won 3–0 on aggregate."
Final
Winners
Champions of 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur LeagueGuar Syed AlwiFirst Title
Season statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayer TeamGoals1 Fa’es HafizeAAK Ultimate142 Faizwan AbdullahWTS123 Faris Hafiz AzharSJ Virtuosos114 Muhammad RidhwanKampong Ku8 Shamerul Abd AzizSAMB6 Khairul RizamWTS77 Fakru Faiz JAKIM6 Muhammad Farhan Abdul HamidKampong Ku9 Mohd Ikmal Faiz AzmiGuar Syed Alwi5 Fakhrul ZamanWTS Aqil HazwanSAMB Zamree JaniSAMB Mohammad Helmi Ikhmal ZamriSemantan Troopers
Own goals
RankPlayerTeamAgainstDateGoal1 Shahir Adzha Selayang City Kampong Ku 1 Haziq Mohd NohSJ VirtuososMP Port Dickson Sufyan SuhaimiPencinta SetiaWTS Naufal Al-HakimMAHSA United Semantan Troopers
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate Mohd Fakru Faiz4JAKIM MP Port Dickson5–4 (H)17 August 2024 Nesamani ChettiarBR UnitedReal Mambau0–10 (A)17 August 2024 Ikhmal ZamriSemantan TroopersSelayang City7–2 (H)24 August 2024 Fa'es Hafize4AAK Ultimate 11–0 (H)7 September 2024 Hafizie Erwinshah Eskandar IsmailSJ VirtuososReal Mambau16–0 (H)21 September 2024 Faris Hafiz Azhar9 Zamree JaniSAMB 0–6 (H)12 October 2024
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals 5 Player scored 5 goals9 Player scored 9 goals (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
See also 2024 Piala Sumbangsih 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League 2024–25 Malaysia A3 Community League 2024 Malaysia FA Cup 2024–25 Malaysia Cup
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